What does it mean for the people to actually rule? Gianpaolo Baiocchi discusses his new book, We, the Sovereign: Radical Futures, which draws from his work with social movements from Latin America, Southern Europe, and other parts of the world to examine how popular struggles are creating new forms of democratic participation aimed at making political parties and state institutions instruments of social emancipations.

In the upcoming Institute for International Studies in Education (IISE) Symposium Series, Professor Werner Schönig will discuss his latest research, “Considerations on Typologies and Classifications With a Focus on Social Work and Social Policy.” Schönig is currently a visiting scholar at the Institute for International Studies in Education and is a professor at Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Germany. This event is co-sponsored by the School of Social Work, University Center for International Studies, European Studies and Global Studies.
A light lunch will be served.

Carnegie International, 57th Edition, 2018
Thursday, November 1, 6:30-10:00 pm, Meet at GSC at 6:15 pm and walk over to the Carnegie.
To reserve a spot: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-6Q5VK30x_iTLkOgDNgKLZPJdxUrh...
Come for the lecture and stay as long as your schedule permits.

Join us for a round table discussion, "Family Separation in the Trump Era: Puerto Ricans and Central Americans"

Invited speaker include:
Dr. Iris Camacho Melendez, a Family Law professor at the Interamerican University School of Law, Puerto Rico.
Dr. Sheila I. Vélez Martínez, the Jack and Lovell Olender Professor of Asylum Refugee and Immigration Law, University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Orlando G. Portela, an Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and affiliated attorney with Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Pittsburgh.

Motivating Monuments:
Defining Collective Identities in Public Spaces

A symposium hosted by the graduate students of the history of Art and Architecture Department at the University of Pittsburgh will be held November 2-3, 2018. Dr. Jacqueline Jung will serve as the symposium's keynote speaker.

Book Discussion led by Will Picard, Founder and Executive Director, Yemen Peace Project

The University of Pittsburgh’s Global Studies Center is partnering with Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures’ Ten Evenings lecture series to host book discussions of the recent works of Ten Evenings authors prior to their public lectures at the Carnegie Music Hall. These discussions, led by local faculty, will focus on how authors’ works of fiction and non-fiction help us to understand global processes and the connections, disruptions, inequalities, and opportunities they create.

The US-Australia alliance has been a significant pillar in Australian foreign policy since 1951. The Trump Administration has urged a renewed focus on this relationship but, as Dr. Aiden Warren, Senior Lecturer and Researcher in RMIT's School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, will illustrate, the alliance also faces increased debate pertaining to a security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region, and within the US about the costs of global leadership.

Join us for a happy hour in the Global Studies main office. We'll provide drinks and light refreshments; you provide the great company and conversation. Not only are these events fun, they help us to build up the Global Studies program and community at Pitt by giving us a chance to learn more about your work and how we might support it. It's a great way to meet people with shared or complementary interests, and for us to hear your suggestions about what we might do to enrich and encourage exciting research, teaching, and programs on campus and beyond. This event is for faculty only.

Sarah Tynen: State Territorialization through Bureaucratic Control: Authoritarian Governance at the Neighborhood Level in China
Ph.D. Candidate • Graduate Part-time Instructor • Urbanization and Poitical Governance • MA 2014
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
Areas of interest: State-society relations, development, migration and ethno-cultural nationalism in China's autonomous regions and borderlands

Dr. Dina El-Naggar, World Bank Communications Lead for the Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation (FCI) Global Practice, is coming to the University of Pittsburgh to discuss the role and effective forms of policy communication in multilateral institutions. Dr. El-Naggar illuminate career opportunities for students within the World Bank and international organizations at large.